Box Score Washington, D.C. (Tuesday, February 25th) – The Mount St. Mary's men's lacrosse team (1-3) fell to the #12-ranked Georgetown Hoyas (4-0) 14-7 on Tuesday afternoon. Brenden McCarthy led the Mountaineers with three points (2g, 1a) while Joe Bethke, Brendan Doyle, Jared McMahon, Kelly Gouin, and Kadin Kightlinger each tallied a goal apiece. Dylan Furnback made 13 saves in net while Bryan McIntosh caused three turnovers and picked up three groundballs.
The Hoyas jumped out to a quick two goal lead with both scores coming from Declan McDermott. The Mountaineers would follow that up with three straight goals of their own from Gouin and McCarthy (2). The Mount would have a 3-2 lead after one quarter of play. After back-to-back Hoya goals, Jared McMahon would even the game at four all. Georgetown would eventually take a 7-5 lead into the halftime break.
After both teams were held scoreless for the first six minutes of the third quarter, Kadin Kightlinger would bully his way in to register his second goal of the season. The Mountaineers would find themselves within one. Unfortunately, this was as close as the Mount would get as Georgetown outscored the Mount 7-1 the remainder of the contest to ultimately fall 14-7.
The Mount had a strong day clearing the ball going 21-23 (91.3%), but the Hoyas held a significant advantage in the groundball battle (40-24). The Mountaineers extra man unit (0-3) could not find the back of the net today while Georgetown's EMO went 2-for-2.
Jake Carraway led the Hoyas on offense with six goals while Dylan Watson (3g, 1a) and Declan McDermott (3g, 1a) each recorded four-point games. James Reilly was strong at the X, going 15-for-22 and scooping up 12 groundballs. Owen McElroy made nine saves in net to earn the victory.
The Mount St. Mary's men's lacrosse team will return home to take on the Keydets of VMI to open up spring break. Game time is scheduled for 12:00 p.m. on Saturday, February 29th.
